NASA revealed the mission of the next Mars probe

The next Mars probe of the US Space Agency (NASA) will be launched in 2020 with the mission to look for signs of life and take stone samples on the red planet to send it to Earth.

NASA's next Mars probe was named Mars 2020 . The new probe will use the same landing system as the Curiosity probe to land on the surface of the red planet. In addition, it will also use some parts of the existing probe to save time and money when designing new probes.

Mars 2020 is estimated to be worth about $ 1.5 billion - $ 1 billion less than the cost of developing a Curiosity probe. The main mission of the new probe is to look for signs of life and take the stone on the red planet to prepare for the mission to bring people to Mars in the 2030s according to the plan of US President Barack Obama.

NASA Mars Mars probe model 2020

The mission of the Mars 2020 probe will follow the mission of the Curiosity probe and NASA's other Mars probe ships. Two Spirit and Opportunity probes and several satellites have found evidence of water that once existed on the red planet, while the recent Curiosity vessel has confirmed that the past environment on Mars may be suitable for bacteria grow.

According to NASA's science team, the mission to find signs of life that once existed on Mars is the next logical step. The new probe will use imaging equipment, analyze minerals and chemical components to understand the environment around where it landed on the surface of the red planet.

Dr. Jack Mustard, head of NASA's science team, said: 'Mars 2020's original design mission is not to define life that once existed on Mars. But the recent findings of the Curiosity probe suggest that life appears to have existed on this planet and we should start looking for signs of life. '

The Mars 2020 probe is also tasked with taking about 31 acres of rock and packing it to bring it to Earth with another probe launched on Mars later. These samples will be analyzed in the laboratory to help scientists better understand the red planet.